swood
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| posted on 31/12/06 at 03:11 PM |
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Home Made Pinto Exhaust Manifold - again !
I tried to post this 4th Dec but failed with the pictures, I have had time to follow the instructions James kindly posted so here goes.
As previously mentioned the Manifold was made the hard way by bending 1.5" x 14g tube on a hydraulic pipe bender.
I made up a jig to duplicate the position of the head and front side rail of my MK chassis because this method needs a straight length tube before the
bend.
The exhaust port positions on the jig were clearance on 1.5"so I could pass the pipe through & so get the bends right before cutting them to
length.
Manifold was tacked up and tried on the car before final welding by a work mate - I am no welder !!!
Tubes were packed with sand to prevent them collapsing, Rortys site was very handy, but it still took several attempts to perfect the packing techniqe
& then to get the bends correct.
The lengths are not the same and there are several uniformed kinks around the bends but its still better than the cast iron original - is'nt it
?.
With hindsight it would have been easier to fabricate it from bends, this method was very time consuming and difficult to achieve the end result, but
I had the hydraulic bender and purchased the tube so had to persevere!
Also finished the brake lines over the holiday, fuel tank is next - hurrah !
 
Exhaust Manifold in Jig
 
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When you're up to your ass in alligators you tend to forget the initial objective was to drain the swamp !.
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Rudy
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| posted on 31/12/06 at 05:07 PM |
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Weel done.
Can you post a pict of your bender?
How did you pack with sand?
Sorry about my English
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swood
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| posted on 1/1/07 at 08:42 PM |
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Exhaust Manifold.
Hi Rudy,
I have sent you a U2U
When you're up to your ass in alligators you tend to forget the initial objective was to drain the swamp !.
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roadrunner
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| posted on 1/1/07 at 09:02 PM |
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Are all your manifold pipes the same length , mine all differed , and it killed top end performance, good job all the same.
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macnab
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| posted on 1/1/07 at 09:14 PM |
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I like it but watch for sharp corners on the box where there coming together.
Does anyone know of a diy weld together kit for the 2.8 v6, had a look on the net and drew a blank...
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Catpuss
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 06:41 PM |
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Thats a nice piece of work.
With that nice engine colour do you actually need lighting to pass the SVA? 
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